Charles Chaim Wax
Poems by Charles Chaim Wax : 8 / 274
A Friend
I got a call yesterday
About Gloria,74 years old,
From her sister,69, a smoker all her life
Plus drank a fifth of rum,
Everyone thought she
Would go first
But cancer demolished Gloria through and through.
Lucy and Lorenzo said I should send flowers
For fifty dollars
Such kind children
Instead
I sent a Mass Card for five because
How does the inside of a coffin breathe.
Charles Chaim Wax
Submitted: Wednesday, May 18, 2005
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Poems by Charles Chaim Wax : 8 / 274
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Very lovely poem. Well-written 'piece' mr.Charles. I'll read more when I return later. I also gave this a 10'.
I like the line 'Such kind children' They have asked him to send fifty dollars worth of flowers, but he will have to part with the doh. So he sent a mass card, because the dead don't know.
daphne Grant
The incongruity of death. One lives, one dies. Who decides? Great poem...
It was kind of humorous....but yet sad.......exquisit! (i dont know how to spell that)
The death of a friend; sad but I found sly humour and the uncertainty through the whole poem specially the last line.Experimental! .........
i absolutly loved your poem a very good poem! ! !
and i too loved your last line 'How does the of a coffin breathe'
~nikky~
a poem must be like this: true, honest, full of live life although it be full of dead people, with verse which stick to you forever. Good luck, your style is like Charles Bukowski's which i adore (i mean both! !) thanks for your poetry!
Another good expression of thought and word, Charles. I love the way your poetry tells 'slice of life' happenings.
well expressed. love it.